SETTING THE STAGE
Indiana State concludes year one of the regular season portion of the Greg Lansing era on Saturday afternoon, February 26, when the Sycamores host Southern Illinois in the annual Senior Day contest. Tip-off is set for 1:05 p.m. (ET). The game can be seen live locally on WFXW-TV as well as online via a pay-per-view web stream on GoSycamores.com. The game will also be broadcast live locally on the radio via ESPN Radio 92.7 FM & 1300 AM, as Brian Fritz and Matt Renn describe the action with an internet broadcast available on GoSycamores.com. Additionally live stats for the contest can be found at GoSycamores.com.

THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SERIES
SIU holds a 76-40 lead in the all-time series, although ISU holds a 27-26 lead in Terre Haute, in a series which dates back to December 15, 1916. Southern Illinois is one of just six schools in which the Sycamores have played at least 100 times in the history of the program.

THE HEAD COACHES
INDIANA STATE: Greg Lansing (South Dakota, '90)
- at Indiana State: 16-13 (First Season)
- Overall: 16-13 (First Season)
- vs. Southern Illinois: 1-0
- vs. Missouri Valley Conference: 11-6
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Chris Lowrey (Southern Illinois, '95)
- Overall: 136-91 (Seventh Season)
- at Southern Illinois: 136-91 (Seventh Season)
- vs. Indiana State: 9-5

QUICK HITS
- Indiana State has won a total of seven games by five points or less this season, upping their total of close victories to 33 since 2005.
- Indiana State is 6-2 on the season when Jake Odum records three or more steals in a game.
- Indiana State has won 88% of the time this season (8-1) when its had a three point percentage of 42.1% or better.
- Indiana State has won 100% of the time this season (5-0) when its had a field goal percentage of 48.9% or better.
- The Sycamores have outshot their opponents in field goal percentage for the past 6 games.
- The Sycamores have won 80% of the time this season (4-1) after recording 11 or more three pointers.

An Indiana State Win Over Southern Illinois Would ...
• Give Indiana State a total of at least 17 victories for the second consecutive season and help continue to build on the Sycamores second consecutive winning campaign. The last time ISU did that in back-to-back years was in 1999-00 & 2000-01.
• Give Indiana State a total of five MVC season series sweeps which is the most since the 1999-00 campaign in which the Trees earned the Valley's regular season championship.
• Give ISU three consecutive victories over SIU for the first time since taking four in a row from 1978-80.

The Indiana State Head Coach
Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota, 1990) is 16-13 (.551) overall in his first season as a head coach. He is 11-6 all-time in MVC games, including a 6-2 mark at home, a 5-4 mark on the road and a 0-0 record in neutral court contests. During his career, he is 9-3 in all home games, 6-8 on the road, 1-2 in neutral court contests and 7-3 in games decided by five points or less. Lansing is 1-0 all-time against Southern Illinois, including a 0-0 record inside Hulman Center. With the Trees, Lansing is 0-2 in overtime games and 11-0 when holding teams to 63 points or less. Saturday's game is Greg Lansing's 30th as Indiana State head coach.

Television Particulars
Saturday afternoon's game can be seen live locally on WFXW-TV which can be found on Channel 38 over-the-air as well as on Dish Network and Directv. WFXW-TV is located on Channel 8 on Terre Haute's Time Warner Cable. Outside of the Wabash Valley, the game will be web cast live on Sycamore Vision, which is the popular web stream pay-per-view service provided by GoSycamores.com.

A Little History
Indiana State is currently in its 115th season of college basketball at the school. The Sycamores are 1,364-1,179 all-time on the hardwood. Indiana State's game at Oral Roberts this season was the historic 2,500th game in the history of the program.

Sycamores Earn No. 3 Seed At Valley Tourney; To Open Play Against Evansville
Indiana State has clinched the No. 3 seed at next week's State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and will play the No. 6 seed Evansville in the quarterfinals. The game is slated to tip-off at 9:35 p.m. (ET) inside the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The Sycamores' No. 3 seed is its highest since taking the No. 1 seed into the 2000 MVC Tournament after winning the Valley's regular season championship.

Indiana State Earns Four MVC Season Series Sweeps With Win At Northern Iowa
The Indiana State basketball program earned its fourth MVC season series sweep over an opponent this season by downing Northern Iowa by the score of 76-74 on Feb. 22. With a victory over Southern Illinois on Senior Day, the Sycamores would own a total of five which would be the most for an Indiana State basketball team since the 1999-00 campaign when the Trees won the Valley's regular season championship. The season series sweep for Indiana State over the Panthers was the first for the program since the 1999-00 campaign.

Indiana State Achieves First 10-Win Valley Season Since 2000-01; Looking For Just Fourth 12-Win MVC Campaign
The Sycamores have amassed a total of 10 MVC victories for the first time since the 2000-01 campaign. Additionally the Sycamores have achieved back-to-back .500 or better conference campaigns for the first time since ISU posted three in a row (1998-99, 1999-00 & 2000-01). In 2000-01, which is the last time the Trees won at least 10 regular season MVC contests, Indiana State became the lowest seeded team (No. 5) to ever win Arch Madness. Indiana State has won at least 10 MVC contests in a single season just eight times since joining the conference in 1977-78 (a total of 33 seasons) and can achieve 12 Valley wins for just the fourth time with a victory over Southern Illinois.

Bench Play Key For Sycamores At Northern Iowa
Indiana State got a total of 40 points off the bench as part of its 76-74 victory at Northern Iowa, led by a season-best 17 points from Jordan Printy, who drilled five 3-pointers against the Panthers. RJ Mahurin was also strong off the bench as he tied a career high with 11 points by knocking down a trio of 3-pointers, two of which came in the second half. The Sycamores scored 40 points off the bench while the starting five only posted 36.

Back-To-Back Against Southern Illinois
With its 77-72 victory over Southern Illinois, the Sycamores have achieved consecutive victories over the Salukis for the first time since they won twice in a row during the 1980-81 campaign. That also marks the last time that the Sycamores have earned a regular season series sweep versus the Salukis. ISU downed SIU by the score of 68-65 in the last meeting against the Salukis prior to the victory on February 16. With a victory on Senior Day over Southern Illinois, the Sycamores will have won three in a row over the Salukis for the first time since 1978-80.

Sycamores Get Defensive At Illinois State
Indiana State recorded a Redbird Arena opponent record 16 steals in the 56-46 road victory over Illinois State. It was just one shy of the overall arena record. It was the most steals for the Sycamores since they posted 16 against Drake on March 2, 2006 at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Printy Moving Up Indiana State 3-Point List
Indiana State junior Jordan Printy currently has 142 career 3-pointers and has recently passed Greg Thomas for fifth on the ISU all-time list. Printy is one of just 14 Sycamores in the history of the program to hit at least 100 3-point field goals in a career. Printy needs seven more to tie Chad Adkins for fourth on the ISU all-time 3-point list with 149.

Good Starter On The Battery
Indiana State is 10-2 this season when the Sycamores starting five outscores the opponent's starting five in a contest. ISU starters have bested their counterparts against UT-Pan American, Buffalo, DePaul, Oak land City, the home contest versus Bradley, Illinois State, Northern Iowa, at Drake, against Creighton and at Illinois State. The Sycamores' two losses this season when the starters out-score the opponents starters came in a triple overtime defeat at Wichita State and also the home court loss to the Shockers.

Odum More Than "O.K." For ISU As A Freshman
Redshirt freshman Jake Odum has been more than just OK for the Sycamores this season as he is averaging 9.0 points per game so far. Additionally, he is leading the team with 112 assists and 50 steals. His 4.0 assists per game average is second in the MVC and is the best of any newcomer in the league so far this season while his 1.9 assist to turnover ratio is fourth in the league and is also the best mark of any Valley newcomer. Odum's 1.8 steals per game average is ranked first in the Missouri Valley Conference. In league games only, Odum's 4.8 assists is second in the league and his 2.3 steals per game are tops in the league. Odum set a new career high with nine assists (against just one turnover) in the 61-59 victory over Creighton. He also scored a career-best 22 points at Creighton.

63 Is The Magic Number
Indiana State is a perfect 11-0 on the season when allowing less than 63 points to the opposition (including a 6-0 mark when holding teams to 53 or less). ISU's best defensive effort this season that was not rewarded with a victory came on the opening weekend when 64 points allowed in overtime against Eastern Kentucky and another 64 point defensive showing at Evansville. The Trees have held each of their last five opponents below the magic number of 63.

Isiah Martin Ranks Highly For Career Blocked Shots
Indiana State junior Isiah Martin now has 132 blocked shots in his career following his posting of three against Drake. His current total of 132 blocks ranks second all-time in the history of the program as he recently passed Djabril Kante for second (127). The Indiana State school record is 168, set by DeCarsta Webster from 1975-78. Martin needs 36 more to catch Webster for first place. For the season, Martin is averaging 1.0 blocked shots per game and is one of two Sycamores to rank in the Valley's Top 4. Myles Walker's 1.0 blocks per game average is third in the league while Martin's 1.0 is tied with Walker for third. As a team, Indiana State is averaging 4.5 blocked shots per game which is the best in the league. ISU had a season-best 10 blocked shots against Bradley, it most since recording 11 against Evansville during the 2008-09 campaign.

King Of The Four-Point Play
Indiana State senior Aaron Carter has become known as the "King of the 4-Point Play" in Sycamores circles. For the most part, converting a 4-point play is extremely rare, but for Carter it is becoming old hat. Carter has converted a 4-point play, defined as being fouled in the act of shooting a successful 3-point field goal and then converting the free throw, seven times in his Sycamore career, including one against Purdue earlier this season which gave the Trees a brief 31-29 lead just before halftime. Carter posted a pair as a sophomore and had four last year, including one with 3:42 to play in the first half against Drake. Carter converted two in one game last season at Missouri State as part of a 24-point second half comeback for Indiana State. During his career, Carter has been fouled in act of shooting a 3-pointer a total of 16 times.

Prince Of Wales Of The Four-Point Play
Indiana State redshirt freshman RJ Mahurin may not be the Sycamores' King Of The Four-Point Play, but he is currently can be considered the Prince Of Wales. Mahurin has posted two 4-point plays this season, one each in ISU's last two games against Drake and Bradley. His two 4-point plays have each come in the first half of the two contests in which he has been fouled while stepping out for a 3-pointer, has been fouled and has converted the ensuing free throw. Mahurin was fouled on a 3-point attempt against Illinois State, and made all three of his free throws.

Carl Richard's Buzzer Beater Against Creighton Featured On ESPN
Richard added 11 points and eight rebounds against Creighton, but saved his best for last as he hauled in a Jake Odum 3-point miss and hit a reverse over the shoulder lay-up as time expired to seal ISU's 61-59 victory over the Jays. The play has been featured this weekend on ESPN SportsCenter (garnering No. 2 status on the popular SportsCenter Top 10 Plays segment and was rated the No. 1 Fantastic Finish Of The Day). His play also was featured on ABC's Winner Bracket Program on Saturday, January 22.

Triple The Pleasure; Triple The Fun
Indiana State's triple overtime contest at Wichita State is believed to be the first in over 2,500 all-time Sycamore basketball contests to reach triple overtime. The Sycamores did play a four overtime contest against Butler on December 27, 1986, falling 95-92 -- which is a school record. The triple overtime contest versus the Shockers is first multiple overtime contest in league play for the Sycamores since taking an 85-84 double overtime victory at Northern Iowa in the 2008-09 conference opener. The game was the second overtime contest of the season for the Sycamores, with the other coming in the season's third game against Eastern Kentucky. Over the last five seasons, Indiana State is 10-6 in overtime contests.

Lotsa Boards
Indiana State recorded 51 rebounds in the triple overtime defeat at Wichita State, which is the most a Sycamore team has hauled in during one contest since tallying 54 caroms against Missouri State on Feb. 13, 1997 at home. The school record is 71 rebounds against Chicago State in December 1976.

Valley Win Streak Reached Six
Indiana State rattled off six consecutive league victories earlier this year which is the most for the Sycamores since they tallied seven in a row during the 1999-00 MVC Championship season. ISU's 7-1 start to league play marked the first time the Trees have began MVC competition with as a good mark through seven games since that same season and is tied for the second-best start in Valley play behind the 1978-79 dream season which saw ISU start 7-0 en route to finishing the year undefeated.

Sycamores Sign Devonte Brown & Justin Gant
Indiana State basketball head coach Greg Lansing landed two in his first official recruiting class during the Early Signing Period as Devonte Brown & Justin Gant inked a national letters of intent and will join the Sycamore program next season as incoming freshmen.

Brown is a native of Killeen, Texas where he is a senior guard for Killeen Ellison High School. He is 6-3, 185 and averaged 15 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists per game at Ellison during his junior season, one year after he earned a starting role for the Screaming Eagles. Brown played shooting guard for 22-11 Ellison last season, leading it to the Texas 5-A playoffs as Killeen's best team in that class. Brown will switch and play point guard during his senior season at Ellison.

Gant is a 6-8, 210 power forward who has been a three-year starter for head coach Todd Woelfle at Terre Haute North Vigo High School. Gant was third in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference in scoring, averaging 17 points per game for the 17-7 Patriots. Gant averaged 17 on a team that scored 50 points per game, one of the best percentages among MIC leaders as far as percentage of points he provided for his team. He also averaged 8 rebounds per game. He played AAU basketball for the Spiece Select 2011 team. Gant averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game for Spiece. He also played for the Indiana Elite team between his sophomore and junior seasons at North.

Up Next
Indiana State returns to action on Friday, March 4 when they take on Evansville in the quarterfinals of the State Farm MVC Tournament in St. Louis at the Scottrade Center. Tip-off is set for 9:35 p.m. (ET). The game will be broadcast live on FSN Midwest.